The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1887-12-15
Items of Interest From Both
Sides Of the Divide.
incidents Worthy Of Note Occurring
During the Week Given
Space Herein. r.
Notes Clipped and Condensed From
Exchanges Published Within
the Territory.

There are thirty newspapers now pub
lished in the territory.
The study OF languages is the latest
craze among Butte society people.
Shipments OF agricultural products
have begun over the Missoula L Bitter
railroad.
Two assaults upon pedestrians were
made by footpads in Helena last Satur-
day night.
The Union Pacific is getting up an ex-
cursion to Alaska. It will start from
Butte soon.
The ladies of Butte are contemplate
ing a leap-year party to be gwen in the
early part of January.
Two burglars made q daring attempt
to burglairze DR.. Bovett's residence in
Butte last Monday but were unsuccess-
full.
O.J. Dial & Co., grocers and bakers
and Mrs. H. E Morgan, milliner, closed
their doors in Helena last Monday. Both
firms are confident of resuming.
It is reported that both the Yellow
stone and Tongue rivers are rising very
rapidly, with from four to six inches OF
water over the Ice. A break up may be
expected any day.
A railroad from Toston to Castle,
Meagher county, is being talked OF. The
Livingston Enterprise gives some very
good reasons why the Shields River
route should be adopted.
Livingston Enterprise: Bennie Brown
a 10-year-old stepson OF r. O. Morris, at
Saltwater distinguished himself as a sue
cesstul nimxod by killing white tail
deer having fve-pronged antlers, Mon
day of last week.
The Helena city council insisted that
the Electric Light company should re-
duce the price to sixteen dollars per light
per month. The Electric light company
not seeing it in that light, shut it off, and
the city during The first OF the week was
in darkness.
Madisonian: "The Men, God Bless
Them" was the subject of lecture de-
livered in the Grand Street Church, Hell
ena, one night last week, by Mary F. La
throp, a recent feminine arrival from
PENNSYLVANIA. It is needless to add that
Mary is not yet married.
In case on trial at Bozeman, wherein
the Northern Pacific is sued for the loss
Of a carload Of horses, the defendant has
brought witness from Texas to testify
in it's behalf. The plaintiff in the case
is A. ". Paul. The horses were placed
in a. box car instead of stock car, and
while en- rout Q were smothered.
Out on the Montana Central last Sat
nrday the men struck for better grub.
They have pretty strong stonachs, but
food was too much for them. Word OF
the strike was telesraphed to General
Manager Shelby, and he replied that he
didn't blame them for striking; he had
had little experience with that grub
himself, and he gloried in their spunk
He told the men that the company would
see to it that better food would be fur
nished, and the strikers all resumed work.
Miner: Joe Kelly, who sunk the first
fifty feet on Wake-Up Jim, in this dis
tIict, lost his life by peculiar accident
at Ore Camp, above Glendale, last Mon
day. A four horse team, attached to a
wagon loaded with ore, were standing in
the road while the driver was endeavor-
ing to put on rough lock, when the
horses took fright and ran down the
steep grade. Kelly was blasting in the
middle of the road, and before he could
get out of the way the outfit ran over
him, crushing in his skull, MASKING his
left arm, and breaking his left leg in
three places. He lived for twenty-four
hours after the accident, but never re-
gained consciousness.
Townsend Tranchant: A serious and
bloody alteration occurred at Toston
between one Cal. Thompson, a hotel
keeper, and Chas. Anderson, colored
man. The latter. as usual got the worst
of it. heinU 1icinI1slY rnanled and c11t III